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PC forms committee to coordinate communication among fight parties in southern Libya

Apr 16, 2017

The Presidential Council has formed a committee to coordinate communication channels between the fighting parties in southern Libya after the ceasefire in the region did not hold long.According to sources, the PC asked the…

North Korean missile test fails as US Vice President arrives in South Korea

Apr 16, 2017

A North Korean missile "blew up almost immediately" on its test launch on Sunday, the U.S. Pacific Command said, hours before U.S. Vice President Mike Pence landed in South Korea for talks on the North's increasingly defiant arms…

Italy approves using Uber cars after court lifts block

Apr 16, 2017

An Italian court in Rome suspended on Friday a lower court ruling that had blocked the use of smart phone apps for Uber cars in Italy, Reuters reported.The court accepted an appeal by Uber against the first ruling, made a week ago,…

Libyan Prime Minister reprimands intl community for allowing military violence in Libya’s…

Apr 16, 2017

Fayez Al-Serraj, the Head of the Presidential Council and Prime Minister of the Government of National Accord (GNA) has sent an open letter to the UN Secretary General, Arab League Secretary General, EU High Representative of the…

Turkish people’s yes or no vote underway on presidential powers referendum

Apr 16, 2017

Turks began voting in a hotly contested referendum on Sunday that could place sweeping new powers in the hands of President Tayyip Erdogan and herald the most radical change to the country's political system in its modern history,…

Dozens of Syrians lining up for evacuation killed by bomb blast at bus convoy

Apr 15, 2017

A bomb blast hit a bus convoy waiting to cross into government-held Aleppo in Syria on Saturday, killing dozens of people evacuated from two Shi'ite villages the day before in a deal between warring sides, Reuters reported on Saturday.…

Sabha municipal council denies holding slave markets

Apr 15, 2017

The municipal council of Sabha in the south of Libya has denied that it ever held a market for selling African immigrants as salves in the city.The denial statement came by the municipal council as a response to the report of the…

Syrian civilians stranded in Aleppo towns as evacuation deal halts

Apr 15, 2017

Thousands of Syrians were stuck in and around Aleppo on Saturday as a deal to evacuate people from two Shi'ite villages in return for Sunni rebels and their families leaving two besieged towns near Damascus halted, a war monitor and…

North Korea displays military might as US deploys military arsenal in the region

Apr 15, 2017

North Korea displayed what appeared to be new long-range and submarine-based missiles on the 105th birth anniversary of its founding father, Kim Il Sung, on Saturday, as a nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier group steamed towards the…

UN Secretary-General warns that Libya is risking return to wide conflict

Apr 15, 2017

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is warning that Libya risks a return to widespread conflict, citing the volatile security situation in Tripoli and fighting in the eastern oil crescent and elsewhere, The Associated Press reported.…

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